diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c27d8e94c8ac09cb06f62cdd4bb3166661d64ae0..20fb427c0b0be7967bfbf09c9b99847dae9ab55f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ add_custom_target(ctags DEPENDS tags)
 #
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "6")
-set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "7")
+set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "8")
 
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION "")